†family Aphelecrinidae Strimple 1967 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae

Parent taxon: Scytalocrinoidea according to G. D. Webster and P.A. Jell 1992

See also Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aphelecrinus Cosmetocrinus Paracosmetocrinus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), Iran (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Utah)

• Devonian of China (1), Germany (4)

Total: 21 collections including 30 occurrences

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